The people of breitengubbach are called to the ballot box one year before the other burghers in the district in order to make an important local political decision. On sunday, 3. March, the election of a new mayor is on the agenda. And a new one – or a new one – will be created. For the incumbent head of the city council reiner hoffmann (UBB) is not running again. Unlike in the two previous mayoral elections, when hoffmann was the only candidate on the ballot – and received 93.43 (2007) and 91.53 (2001) percent of the votes – this time there are four candidates: alois ludwig (CSU), bernhard pfister (SPD), sigrid reinfelder (UBB) and franz schumm (independent).
Of the parties and groupings, the CSU is the strongest force in the municipal council. In the 2008 municipal elections, he won 29.9 percent of the votes, giving him five seats on the 16-member board, closely followed by the SPD, which won 23.9 percent and four seats. The independent burgerblock (UBB), led by mayor hoffmann, who has been in office since 2001, won three municipal council seats with 17.9 percent. Further seats went to the free electoral association zuckshut (13.7 percent/two seats), the free electoral association unteroberndorf (9.0/1) and the electoral association hohengubbach (5.7/1). The mayor was and is elected in breitengubbach outside the row, after hoffmann's predecessor erwin kuhnlein (), had resigned his office for health reasons and retired early.
